Layag: Assisting Fisherfolk Communities

Barangay Binuangan is an island barangay in the coastal municipality of Obando, Bulacan, with 5,045 residents as of 2020. The town is a second-class municipality and Brgy. Binuangan is one of its 11 barangays. The barangay counts fishing as its major source of livelihood. Unfortunately, Barangay Binuangan’s residence and livelihood are being threatened due to the construction of the Bulacan International Airport as it has led to increased waste in its waters and destruction of marine habitats and ecosystems surrounding the locality.

The Yellow Boat of Hope (YBH) Foundation provides yellow school boats and other modes of transport and structures (such as boats, bridges, dormitories) to help struggling children get to school. To make education more accessible to children, they provide boats and build bridges so students can cross rivers. They also build dormitories to give them safe shelters during school days, and they build classrooms and entire schools to facilitate learning for more children.

To help parents and communities, YBH provides yellow boats that they can use for their livelihood, and they conduct eco-tourism programs so they can generate income for the sustenance of their children’s education.

Aside from YBH, we will provide the fisherfolk of Brgy. Binuangan with the fishing equipment and supplies they need for their livelihood. We will also provide the families with immediate food and material assistance that they can use for their day-to-day activities.

Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation

Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation aims to end poverty and all its underlying problems through education of our children and to make education more accessible to children, we provide boats and build bridges so they can cross rivers. Since 2012, the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation has adopted 294 schools and communities, built 4,859 boats, 12 schools, 5 dormitories, and 2 bridges.